Apparatus for tailoring garments



May 3 1; 1932 M. HELlOT APPARATUS FOR TAILORING' GARMENT-S Filed Nov. 19, 1928 W1 An @5525 1 IA/VE/V TOR W W I Patented May 31,- 1932 .UNITED SW'TA MAURICE TES HELIOT, or TROYES, FRANCE APPARATUS roe TAILORING Gear/mums Application filed November 19, 1928, Serial No. 320,518, and in France lanuary 7, 1928. V

I This invention has for object a new apparatus adapted for tailoring undergarments.v

or garments tailored with. or without sleeves, apparatus which provides an important im- 6 provement in the method of proceeding and provides a definite progress over apparatus hitherto in use. v

These latter consist, in fact,.of wooden forms with articulated arms and give very 10 poor results owing to their great thickness which does not leave a clearlydefined crease in .thearticle treated andowing to the bad conductivity of the wood, which'prevents the article receiving the required amount of heat necessary for a perfect pressing; further the articulations tend to nip the material and cause the worker to rumple the article by lifting the arms when he removes said article. The present invention remedies all these inconveniences by reason of the particular characteristics shown in the accompanying drawings given by way of example. Fig.1 of

elevation in the pressing showing it in the fitting. on or removal posi- *tion. Fig. 3 shows it in plan.

The new apparatus or form co1nprises,in

principle, a metal board B-of dimensions cor responding to the size of the waistcoat to be pressed mounted at its base and at its middle portion on an axis C which freely in a support G which is secured to a cross piece. of any kind H. It is therefore possible without effort to give a rotation to the board B.

On the same cross piece H arefixed vertically two columns A and A each at equal distance from the centre of the board B represented by the. axis C. These columns are 40 fixed at their bases bysupports F and F which are displaceable on the cross piece H;

at their upper part these columns each sup-' port a series of arms D, E and D, E". which receive the arms of the waistcoat to be treat- 5 ed when the body thereof has been fitted on the board B.

The two arms D,"E both form together an assembly mounted on a socket J which, held at suitable height bya collar, pivots horizontally having as axis, the column A. The

these drawingsEshows the apparatus in position. Fig. 2'

, there for that pivots D to the arm secured on" thesocket J isintegral therewith and its lower positionwill mark the lower fold of the arm of the waistcoat) The arm D is movable on an axis K which.

is integral with' the socket J. It isactuated by a'small lever which permits. of exactly fixing the position; this movable armD with itsupper position marks the upper'fold of the sleeve; 5 i

The two arms D, E? mounted on the socket J and supported by the column A are the planeof the form. The body of the waistcoat is fitted readily upon theboard'B whose outline has been prepared accordingto the cut of the waistcoat to be treated. It

only remains to fit on the two sleeves respectivelyon the arms D,E' and D, E which are purpose and the position of which will be that shown in Fig. 2that is to say the movable arms D and D covering respectively the arms E and E which makes the putting on of the sleeve an easy. operation in view of the factthat-the distance apart of the arms is about three times larger inFig. 1 than it is in Fig. 2. When the arms are. fitted in position, the arms 13,15 and D, E automatically take a position in the plane of the form. and there only remains to put the arms, D' and D in the position of Fig. 1. I

Supposing that the cross piece is mounted on a chariot the whole can be put into a chest heated to a high temperature and removed after afew minutes. ,The removing of the garment is the easiest possible operation; it is suflicient to return the arms D and position of Fig. 2, a half turn of the board B will remove the sleeves without any effort, pulling, deformation or creasing of the material; the body of the garment will and the folding will then be very easy to do.

The columns A and A being displaceable on the cross piece H the part B can be readily replaced or rendered extensible; it is possible to form any sizes with different lengths 5 of sleeve by arms of appropriate length and extensible.

The whole apparatus can be constructed of hollow material for heating by steam, electrical resistances and other heating means.

Owing to the independence of the arms,

garments such as Waistcoats without sleeves or with short sleeves can be equally readily treated.

I claim:

1. Apparatus for tailoring and pressing garments comprising a frame, a pivot on which said frame is adapted to turn, vertical columns disposed symmetrically on each side of said frame and arms mounted on said columns adapted to engage the sleeves of a garment;

2. Apparatus for tailoring and pressing garments comprising a frame, a vertical pivot on which said frame is adapted to turn, vertical columns disposed symmetrically on each side of said frame but independent thereof and arms movable in relation to each other carried by said columns for engaging the sleeves of a garment.

3. Apparatus for tailoring and pressing garments comprising a pivotally mounted rame, columns mounted adjacent said frame and disposed symmetrically on each side thereof, an arm fixed on each column and an arm mounted on each column adapted for oscillation with relation to said fixed arm for engaging the sleeves of a garment.

MAURICE HELIOT. 

